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Image is from the TV Series, 'Search Party'. A young woman with a buzzed haircut and a few small tattoos is chained to a chair.

REVIEW: In Series Four, ‘Search Party’ Returns to Its Roots

By: Carmen Paddock 2nd Feb 20211st Feb 2021

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Seeing the characters so inverted brings the show back to its roots, but this time viewers know both sides of the story from the start.

Angela Bettis in horror-comedy 12 Hour Shift. A woman in a light blue nurse uniform looks alarmed and annoyed, her gown and face are covered in blood. The background is a grey, bluish wall of an autopsy room.

REVIEW: Brea Grant’s Frenetically Fun Dark Horror Comedy ‘12 Hour Shift’ (2020) Flies Past

By: Kevin Woodley 24th Jan 202123rd Jan 2021

Featured, Film, ReviewsAngela Bettis, Brea Grant, Chloe Farnworth, Comedy, David Arquette, Film, Horror, reviewLeave a Comment

Grant’s film treads a fine line of stone-faced humour, exploitation, and bloody violence, but a female centric cast and memorable performances make this an energetic and curious calling card

An elderly couple (played by Shelia McCarthy and Julian Richings) hold each other in panic. They're standing in a dimly lit hallway. The woman has dishvelled white hair and the man has thin receeding hair. The man looks calmer than the woman, who is more alarmed by what she is looking at.

REVIEW: ‘Anything for Jackson’ (2020) is a Delightfully Twisted Horror With Real Charm

By: Kevin Woodley 20th Dec 2020

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Featuring a demonic contortionist that will make you scream, Dyck’s swerve into the horror genre is well worth an evening’s sacrifice.

Jim Carey as Joe Biden and Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris stand back to back in a promo for the new season of SNL.

SNL at (and on) 45: The Heat Death of Satire

If you measure the success of a satire in the direct annoyance of its target, then SNL may be top of the pile, (but) satire is not for the leaders; it is for the people.

three young adults walk outside in San Francisco, with rainbow pride flags on the lampposts

REVIEW: Summerland (2020) is a “A Queer Comedy with Humor and Heart”

By: Jenni Holtz 18th Sep 202017th Sep 2020

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Directing duo Kurtis David Harder and Noah Kentis, known together as Lankyboy, have always dreamed of making a coming of age road trip film. Their dreams came true with the release of their feature debut Summerland (2020), a queer comedy with equal parts humor and heart. With an upbeat soundtrack, desert scenes, and a Coachella-esque music festival, the film has all the ingredients to make a fun movie that’s perfect for this time of year.

An East Berlin Parade with signs of Nikita Khrushchev.

Now That’s What I Call Kino #4 – The Absurdity of the Cold War Conflict in One, Two, Three (1961)

By: jamespalmerfilm 23rd Aug 202022nd Aug 2020

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At the start of Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s screenplay, the title page reads “This piece must be played molto furiouso, suggested speed: 110 miles an hour – on the curves – 140 miles an hour in the straightaways.” Having adapted Ferenc Molnar’s Hungarian one-act play of the same name, One, Two, Three (1961) was…

Between the Lines: How Comedy Tells a Story Throughout the ‘Hot Fuzz’ (2007) Screenplay

By: Gavin Spoors 24th Jul 202023rd Jul 2020

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Edgar Wright films are recognised for their intelligent use of visual comedy and snappy editing styles, where Hot Fuzz is rich with both.

Review: ‘After Life’ Season Two is a Realistic and Heart-Wrenching Exploration of Loss and Grief

By: Matt Livingstone 3rd May 20203rd May 2020

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Ricky Gervais is responsible for some of the most iconic British comedic series of modern times. He’s the genius behind Extras, Derek, and of course, The Office. So, when he announced the arrival of After Life season one, there was obviously a lot of buzz around it, but nobody anticipated what was to follow.